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Interconnector
Afghanistan – Turkmenistan interconnection
3rd-largest interconnector in Afghanistan of 6 · top 74% worldwide (#516 of 704)
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 400 MW
- Length
- 1,040 km
- Connects to
- Turkmenistan
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · Afghanistan · 6 ranked
- #1Afghanistan – Turkmenistan interconnection (planned)1.0 GW
- #2Afghanistan – Uzbekistan interconnection450 MW
- #3Afghanistan – Turkmenistan interconnection400 MW
- #4Afghanistan – Tajikistan interconnection350 MW
- #5Afghanistan – Iran interconnection (planned)325 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Iran – Turkmenistan interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 380 MW
- Iran – Turkmenistan interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 500 MW
- Afghanistan – Turkmenistan interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 1.0 GW
- Ashgabat State power station13 km · Power Plant · 254 MW · gas
- Akhal power station16 km · Power Plant · 506 MW · gas
- Dervezin State power station22 km · Power Plant · 504 MW · gas
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Currently a trade agreement of 400 MW for unilateral flow from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan is in place although the respective lines fulfilling this agreement are not always operational. Construction is underway for a 1000 MW 500 kV line between both countries.
SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)